Indian 92-year-old Salima Khan fulfilled her lifelong dream of learning to read and write after she went to school for the first time.

The great-grandmother is now inspiring others to join her.

Salima Khan, born in around 1931 and married at age 14, two years before the end of British colonial rule in India, had a lifelong dream of being able to read and write.

But Khan, from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, said there were no schools in her village when she was a girl.

Six months ago she began studying alongside pupils eight decades younger than her. She was accompanied on her way to class by her grandson's wife.

Her story emerged after a video of her counting from one to 100 went viral on social media.

"My grandchildren used to trick me into giving them extra money as I couldn't count currency notes. I feel good to go to school with my grandsons. I have now learned a lot and can read and write, my teacher is also very good," she said.

Volunteers from a government education initiative had identified Khan as a potential student and encouraged her to go to school.

School headmistress Pratibha Sharma said teachers had been initially "hesitant" about embarking on teaching Khan, but were won over by her "passion" to study.

Since she went to school, 25 women from her village have also started literacy classes, including two daughters-in-law, Sharma said.

Guinness World Records lists the late Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge from Kenya as the oldest person to complete primary school, having enrolled in 2004 when he was aged 84.

A 92-year-old great-grandmother, Salima Khan, has fulfilled her lifelong dream of learning to read and write, after she went to school for the first time.
A great-grandmother aged 92 has learned to read and write after going to school for the first time and inspiring others to join her.
Salima Khan, born in around 1931 and who was married at the age of 14 -- two years before the end of British colonial rule in India -- had a lifelong dream of being able to read and write.
Khan, from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, said there were no schools in her village when she was a girl.
Six months ago, she began studying alongside pupils eight decades younger than her, and she was accompanied on her way to class by her grandson's wife.
Her story emerged after a video of her counting from one to 100 went viral on social media.

"My grandchildren used to trick me into giving them extra money as I couldn't count currency notes. I feel good to go to school with my grandsons. I have now learned a lot and can read and write, my teacher is also very good tells Saliman
Volunteers from a government education initiative had identified Khan as a potential student and encouraged her to go to school
School headmistress Pratibha Sharma said teachers had been initially "hesitant" about embarking on teaching Khan, but were won over by her "passion" to study.
Since she went to school, 25 women from her village have also started literacy classes, including two daughters-in-law, Sharma tells
Guinness World Records lists the late Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge from Kenya as the oldest person to complete primary school, having enrolled in 2004 when he was aged 84.